Vittel (archaic German: Wittel) is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.
Mineral water is bottled and sold here by Nestlé Waters France, under the Vittel brand.
In 1854, after visiting the baths at nearby Contrexéville, lawyer Louis Bouloumié purchased the Fontaine de Gérémoy, site of the modern-day town of Vittel. Two years later, Bouloumie built a pavilion from which developed the grand, luxurious architecture w...
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Vittel (archaic German: Wittel) is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.
Mineral water is bottled and sold here by Nestlé Waters France, under the Vittel brand.
In 1854, after visiting the baths at nearby Contrexéville, lawyer Louis Bouloumié purchased the Fontaine de Gérémoy, site of the modern-day town of Vittel. Two years later, Bouloumie built a pavilion from which developed the grand, luxurious architecture which characterises the site.
In 1968, the Club Med was opened.
During the Battle of France in the summer of 1944, a small grass airstrip north of the town was used for light liaison aircraft by the United States Army Air Force. The Twelfth Air Force headquartered several fighter wings in Vittel during their drive east into Germany. In 1945, that flat, grassy area of land (now a racetrack for horses) was used as a holding area for captured Luftwaffe aircraft before their shipment to England and the United States for evaluation (Operation Lusty)...
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